Amusement device



May 15, 1923.

. 1,454,991 W. WILLIAMS 7 AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Nov. 1-0, 1920 FIGURE 1 r6 5 5 I a FIGURE 5 'INVENTOH wim ' ATToRugY Patented May I5, 1923.

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v WINFIELD WILLIAIIIS, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGITOR T 3. E. PATTERSON AND HORTENSE BEAN, A COPARTNERSI-IIP OPERATING AS PATTER$ON-VJILLIA1VIS 00., or SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed November 10, 1920. Serial No. 423,1 2.

'1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be'it known that I, IVINFIELD WViLLiAivis,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of San Jose, inthe county ofv Santa Clare and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an amusement de vice for children, and I have embodied in this device some of the characteristics of a childs vehicle. It is the object of my invention to provide a device of the character indicated that is freely movable within a 16 restricted area, and. that is simple in form and construct-ion andeconomical to manufacture, and particularly adapted for the entertainment of small children.

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of the device embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of another embodiment of my invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates a horizontal bar fitted with a seat 2. A front leg member is shown at 3 mounted in angular relation to bar 1 and secured thereto by a mortise and tennon .joint at 4, the leg 3 being fitted with foot supports at 5, a handle at 6, and a caster wheel at 7.

Extending outwardly, downwardly and to a slight degree rearwardly from the rear end of bar lare two rear leg members 88. Each leg member is forked as at 9 and fitted with a wheel 10 held in position by and rotating upon a bolt 11. A brace 12 is shown extending from one bolt 11 to the other to strengthen the structure. This rear end structure embodying parts 89-1011- 12 is arranged and constructed so that the wheels 10-1O travel in a circle of which the caster wheel 7 forms the center. In the present instancethe wheels 1010 are also inclined outwardly from the vertical aXis of the caster 7. v

A device of this kind is particularly adapted for use in a restricted space as in a room, on a porch, etc., since it cannot be easily moved from a given position without picking it up bodily and carrying it to another position. This result is effected particularly by the form and arrangement of the rear end of the'structure. A movement forward or backwa'rdcan be effected only 1 by. slipping or sliding wheels 10-10 on the floor, a diflicult thing for a child to accomplishf A lateral movement of the whole device is equally difficult for a childto effect since much more effort is required to move caster 7 than wheels10-l0. 2 is located near wheels 1010 a slight shove with afoot upon the'fioor to eitherside of the device will readily cause the wheels Since the seat I 1010 to roll in the opposite direction, but

since practically no lateral pressure is.

brought upon caster 7 the wheels 10 -1O are caused to move in a circle about it as a V pivot. Thiscircular movement of the rear end of the structure is facilitated by the inclination of the wheels 1()10 and by the fact that the said wheels are inclined with relation to each other so that one willtravel in'the track of the other which ever direclittle movement of the front leg 3 is permitted. The essential elements of the in vention, however,'may be embodied 111,21. structure such as shown in Figure 3. In

this embodiment a platel is providedyand the leg 3 is arran ed vertically and'pivoted upon plate 13 as s own at 14. In this form substantially the same results are obtained as set forth in connection with the preferred embodiment above described but, of course, the device is anchored to a given position while the preferred form may be said to be hobbled. I

A toy of thiskind is particularly desir able for young children as it can be used 1 freely in the house with but little danger of injuring other furniture therein, and if used out of doors it prevents wandering of the child as is common with the devices of a similar nature such as the various well ages.

It is to be understood, of course that the above disclosure of the invention is to befj considered as illustrative only andin no I way to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. i

I claim t 1. A device of the character. indicated mounted to support the other end or said seat member.

2. A device of the character indicated comprising a supporting member, a swivel ling wheel mounted thereon, a seat member mounted at one end on said supporting memher, and a plurality of wheels arranged to support the other end of said seat member and inclined outward y and downwardly from. the vertical axis of said 'swivelling wheel, and arranged one behind the other" to travel in a circular path about the vertical axis of said swivelling Wheel, and a seat arranged adjacent said wheels and facing said axis.

8. An amusement device comprising a horizontal frame member, a freely and bodily movable front leg member supporting one end of the frame member, a palr of 7 downwardly and rearwardly divergent rear I legs supporting the frame member and having their lower ends forked, a wheel disposed in each forked end of the rear legs in a plane tangential to an are drawn from the front supporting leg, axles jo-urnalling the wheels in the respective forked ends, and

a brace connecting the axles.

4;. An amusement device comprising a horizontal frame member, a forwardly and downwardly inclined front leg supporting the at one end and eXtendingthere above torearrying a handle, aseat facing the leg and supported on the opposite end of the frame member, and a wheel support ing the latter end of saidmember lor'movcment only transversely of: -e seat.

5. An amusement device comprising a horizontal frame member, a trout member supporting one end thereof, a' caster wheel mounted on'the lower end of the front;

leg, and a pair of Wheels supporting the opposite end of the frame member, said wheels being mounted for movement in a'cli .rection transverse of the framemember.

v YVINFIELD NTLLIAMS. 

